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单词 sustain
释义
sustain
verb[T]
uk
/səˈsteɪn/us
/səˈsteɪn/

sustainverb[T](CONTINUE)

C2
tocauseorallowsomething tocontinuefor aperiodoftime:
保持，维持，使持续，使继续
Theeconomylooksset to sustainitsgrowthinto nextyear.看来经济的增长会持续到明年。
Heseemstofinditdifficultto sustainrelationshipswith women.他似乎觉得和女人维持关系并不容易。
USThejudgesustained(=accepted)the lawyer'sobjection.法官接受了律师的反对意见。
C2
tokeepalive:
维持…的生命，供养
Thesoilin thispartof theworldis notrichenough to sustain alargepopulation.这里的土地不够肥沃，无法供养大量的人口。
More examples
  • Itprovedparticularlydifficultto sustain theinterestof theolderchildren.
  • This year'sharvestisinsufficientto sustain agrowingpopulation.
  • Economicgrowthcannot be sustained without ariseininflation.
  • Thisplanetisunableto sustainhumanorplantlife.
  • Theteamwerefinallyvictoriousafter a sustainedefforttosucceed.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Preserving and saving
  • co-processing
  • conserve
  • deliverer
  • guardian angel
  • keepsomeoneup
  • knight
  • lifeguard
  • reclaim
  • recycle
  • recycled
  • rescue
  • rescuer
  • reusable
  • rewild
  • salvage
  • unappropriated
  • unassigned
  • upcycle
  • upcycling
  • vitrification
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sustainverb[T](SUFFER)

formal
tosufferorexperience,especiallydamageorloss:
经历，遭受（尤指破坏或损失）
She sustainedmultipleinjuriesin theaccident.她在这次事故中多处受伤。
Mostbuildingssustained onlyminimaldamagein theearthquake.在这次地震中，大多数建筑物受到的破坏都很小。
Thecompanyhas sustainedheavylossesthisyear.公司今年遭受了严重的亏损。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Experiencing and suffering
  • (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
  • afflict
  • affliction
  • almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
  • be a martyr tosomethingidiom
  • be a victim ofyourown successidiom
  • bear
  • count
  • get the short end of the stickidiom
  • get/haveyourfingers burnedidiom
  • go through
  • grip
  • hands-on
  • horse
  • ride
  • run up againstsomething
  • seat-of-the-pants
  • see lifeidiom
  • stricken
  • taste
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sustainverb[T](SUPPORT)

tosupportemotionally:
（情感上）支持
She was sustained by thestrengthof herreligiousfaith.宗教信仰的力量支撑着她。
Theloveof myfamilyandfriendssustained me through myordeal.家人和朋友的爱支撑着我渡过了难关。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Backing, supporting & defending
  • adopt
  • advocacy
  • affirmation
  • allyyourselfto/withsomeone
  • argumentation
  • badge
  • bailout
  • champion
  • keep the flag flyingidiom
  • patronage
  • recommended
  • red carpet
  • reinforce
  • right behindsomeoneidiom
  • roll out the red carpetidiom
  • root
  • root forsomeone
  • stick
  • stick together
  • sympathetic
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(Definition ofsustainfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sustain| American Dictionary

sustain
verb[T]
us
/səˈsteɪn/

sustainverb[T](MAINTAIN)

tokeepsomething inoperation;maintain:
It is hard toseewhat will sustain them when they have noincome.

sustainverb[T](SUFFER)

fml
tosufferorexperiencedamageorloss:
She sustainedseriousinjuriesin theaccident.

sustainverb[T](SUPPORT)

tosupportsomeoneemotionally:
Throughout theordeal, he was sustained by thebeliefthat he would gethome.
(Definition ofsustainfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sustain| Business English

sustain
verb[T]
uk
/səˈsteɪn/us
to make orallowsomething tocontinuefor aperiodoftime:
Theboardacceptedthat thegrowthratescould not be sustainedindefinitely.
toexperienceloss,injury, ordamage:
As aresultof theoilspill, BPsustainedheavylosses.
Theportsustainedseveredamagein thestorm.
toprovidesupportfor anidea,statement,legalargument, etc.:
Thedatameantthegovernmentcould not sustainitsargumentthatlowerdutyonfuelwouldleadtolowerspendingonschoolsandhospitals.
Only in onecasecould theauditorsfindevidencetosustain aclaimofcriminalbehaviour.
(Definition ofsustainfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsustain

sustain
Legumes for sustaining soil fertility in lowland rice.
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It also suggests that traditional ways of telling the story overlook what sustains ordinary folk intent on finding religious meaning and identity.
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Could the politysustainpockets of autonomy in key border regions without risking the destabilisation of its interior?
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This was because of our discovery that in normal development, identical behaviour at two different ages could be sustained by very different underlying representations.
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However, the activation of semantic representations necessary for the retention of meaning will continue to be sustained in the postsentence retention interval.
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Ritual communication produces what it is assumed to portray, recreating the world by symbolic action, reinscribing the communication's participants within a world sustained by consensus.
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Several were relatively young or had a young spouse, and their labour sustained a capital base sufficient to withstand one health or economic crisis.
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It is unlikely that such a program could be sustained.
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Stereotypes lacking even a kernel of truth are hard tosustainand unlikely to spread.
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In addition, levels of trophic substances required for maintenance of neuronal pathways will be better sustained.
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And high stocks of social capital, in turn, make it possible tosustainsocial co-operation.
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The results of quasi-static creep tests demonstrated that the response of biofilms under sustained shear stresses was time dependent.
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Institutional arrangements and enacted beliefssustainand reproduce this social grid.
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By the combined hard work of men, women and even children, these families somehow managed to get by, earning just enough tosustainthemselves.
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It is also apparent that some non-democratic political elites used a cultural argument tosustaintheir rule and rejection of liberal social norms.
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